Jobs and the daily commute in Spring Grove Township
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 7% of workers; Illinois has 16%. Only 8% work in Spring Grove Township itself; outside it, Monmouth draws the most (21%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Spring Grove Township
Spring Grove Township and Monmouth trade workers both ways
Monmouth is the top workplace for Spring Grove Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Spring Grove Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Spring Grove Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 384 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Spring Grove Township to work: where people go
Where Spring Grove Township clocks in
21% of workers
16% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Spring Grove Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
From Spring Grove Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Spring Grove Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 355 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Spring Grove Township makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
332 jobs are based in Spring Grove Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 332. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spring Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Spring Grove Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Grove Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $79,250 |
| Suez Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Monmouth Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Kelly Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sumner Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Suez Township, Kelly Township and Sumner Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Monmouth Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Grove Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Spring Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Grove Township?
$79,250 (±$22,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Grove Township?
11.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Grove Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Grove Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monmouth (21%, 7 mi), Galesburg (16%, 13 mi), Alexis (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Grove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Grove Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.